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From 2014-2018 we brought in 8 4 star Olinemen, all local kids.

You'd think with an influx like that we'd have had above average line play by ~2016, but low and behold we didn't, cause a DC area 4 star Olineman is simply not that much better than a 3 star from the midwest.

lol no it doesn't work like that.

"You'd think with an influx like that we'd have had above average line play by ~2016"
I wonder if all the coaching flux had anything to do with Maryland underperforming in general during that time and also resulted in the loss of some of those recruits you mention...

In 2014 we got Prince, and he stayed for his entire tenure at UMD and was a UDFA
In 2015 we got Quarvez Boulware and E.J. Donahue.   Boulware and Donahue transferred in 2017.
In 2016 we got Terrance Davis and Richard Merritt.   Davis was a 4 year starter.  Merritt transferred in 2018.
In 2017, we got Jordan Mcnair, who died in 2018 during practice.
In 2018, we got Jaelyn Duncan.   Duncan was a starter who got drafted in the NFL.

So we started with 7 4-star recruits, 3 of them transferred by their 3rd year and another one died.   So we were left with 3 that actually stayed with the program.  1 of which got drafted and the other was a UDFA.    So there actually wasn't a problem with the quality of the players that stayed, it's that 3 over 5 years isn't enough to get it done.

Turning around a 2-10 season means you 10-2

But turning around 6-6 just means you go 6-6. From a philosophical standpoint if you flip. Thus technically he is turning it around.

I’m just so confused.  I was told that the problem was that we had to play Ohio state and Michigan every year, and with the big 10 expansion fixing that, we’d see that Maryland is in fact a good team, and not just some 3rd tier team who can only win against the bottom feeders of the division.

The 7, 8 and 8 wins we had the last 3 seasons would have been at least 8, 9, and 9 had we stayed in the ACC.

We're technically undefeated against out of conference power 5 opponents for 4 years now.  This includes bowl wins against VTech, Auburn and NC State when they were ranked.

Stop it with Maryland football, for same reasons for that of Penn State basketball

It ain’t happening

And here are our wins against out of conference Power 5 opponents:

2023 - 3-9 UVA (13th in ACC),  6-7 Auburn (5th in SEC West)
2022 - 8-5 NC State (4th in ACC Atlantic)
2021 - 6-7 WVU (6th in Big12) , 6-7 Vtech (4th in ACC Coastal)

So let's not act like we are beating the top teams in other conferences.

If you take out our wins against them, we're talking 4-0 versus Power 5 teams with a 500 record or better.

The Big10 and SEC are crazy stacked now.  The new Pac12 teams are 3-4 so far in conference play, and we supposedly stole their best programs.

The Athletic does a ranking of all 134 D1 football schools every week.  This week Maryland is ranked #70.  Wisconsin #72, Minnesota #74, Northwestern #78 & UCLA #93 are the only Big10 teams ranked lower.

FWIW, Penn State is ranked #7.  Probably a little higher than they deserve.  They have no shot at beating any of the top 5 ranked teams.

Kent State remains last at #134.